Incredible photos from 2026 Winter Olympics

Edoardo Zorzi of Italy in action during the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross seeding Feb. 21, 2026.

Thibault Anselmet of France in action during the Ski Mountaineering Mixed Relay on Feb. 21, 2026.

Cameron Smith of United States in action during the Ski Mountaineering Mixed Relay, Feb. 21, 2026.

A detail view of the skates of Greta Myers of the United States during a women's speed skating mass start semifinal on Feb. 21, 2026.

The son of Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland plays with a curling broom after the Men's Curling Bronze Medal Game on Feb. 20, 2026.

USA's Megan Keller reacts as she scores the winning goal during the women's gold medal ice hockey match between USA and Canada during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on Feb. 19, 2026.

U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu won gold in the women’s competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 17, 2026 to end a 24-year gold medal drought in the event for the Americans.

Canada's Dylan Marineau competes in a freestyle skiing men's freeski halfpipe qualification run during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 20, 2026.

L-R) Canada's Hannah Schmidt, Switzerland's Fanny Smith, France's Jade Grillet Aubert and Canada's Brittany Phelan compete in å freestyle skiing women's ski cross quarterfinal on Feb. 20, 2026.

Team United States fans cheer before the Men's Freeski Big Air Final on Feb. 17, 2026.

Mikaela Shiffrin of United States in action during her first run in the women's slalom on Feb. 18, 2026 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Niina Petrokina of Estonia competes in the women's free skate during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 19, 2026..

Ivana Wey of Switzerland in action with Anna Kjellbin of Sweden during the Women's Bronze Medal game on Feb. 19, 2026.

USA's Benjamin Loomis competes in the cross-country of the nordic combined team sprint large hill event at Tesero Cross Country Stadium at Lago di Tesero (Val di Fiemme) during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 19, 2026.

Steven Dubois of Team Canada leads during the semifinals of the Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m on day twelve of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 18, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

France's Romain Allemand competes in the snowboard men's slopestyle final run 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on Feb. 18, 2026.

Abbey Willcox of Team Australia competes during Women's Aerials Qualification One on day twelve of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 18, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Rickard Rakell of Sweden in action with Ralfs Freibergs of Latvia during the Men's Qualification Ice Hockey Play-off on Feb. 17, 2026.

Italy's Rebecca Ghilardi and Italy's Filippo Ambrosini compete in the figure skating pair skating free skating final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 16, 2026.

Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman, and Ethan Cepuran of the United States skate in the men's team pursuit Final A during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium, Feb. 17, 2026.

Ulrik Samnoey of Team Norway competes in run two of the Men's Freeski Big Air Final on day eleven of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 17, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

General view of the Men's Freeski Big Air Qualification on day nine of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 15, 2026 in Livigno, Italy. "Layers of the Games" shows, through the combination of multiple images from a fixed camera, the quickfire drama that unfolds in a game or a day of competition during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Games.

Frankie del Duca and Joshua Williamson of the United States during two-man bobsled during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Cortina Sliding Centre.

Mathis Desloges of France, Martino Carollo of Italy, Remi Drolet of Canada and Arsi Ruuskanen of Finland in action in the Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay in the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Lago, Italy on Feb. 15, 2026.

Camille Cerutti of France crashes during her second run of the Women's Giant Slalom Women's Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Belluno, Italy on Feb. 15, 2026.

Norway's Maren Kirkeeide skis during the women's biathlon 10km pursuit event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena (Sudtirol Arena) in Anterselva (Val Pusteria) on Feb. 15, 2026.

Ahenaer Adake, Jiaxuan Li and Mei Han of Team People's Republic of China compete during the quarterfinals of the Speed Skating Women's Team Pursuit on day eight of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium on Feb. 14, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

Noemie Wiedmer of Team Switzerland leads the field against Eva Adamczykova of Team Czechia and Josie Baff of Team Australia in the Women's Snowboard Cross Big Final on day seven of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 13, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

China's Jin Boyang competes in the Men’s Single Skating free skate during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on February 13, 2026 in Milan.

France's Justine Braisaz-Bouchet warms up in the shooting range ahead of women's biathlon 7,5km sprint event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Anterselva Biathlon Arena (Sudtirol Arena) in Anterselva (Val Pusteria) on February 14, 2026.

Kamil Stoch of Poland in action Ski Jumping during training on Feb. 13, 2026.

Kazakhstan's Nadezhda Morozova (front), Kazakhstan's Arina Ilyachshenko (R) and Kazakhstan's Elizaveta Golubeva compete in the speed skating women's team pursuit quarter-final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on February 14, 2026.

Brady Tkachuk of United States in action with Elvis Merzlikins and Kristaps Roberts Zile of Latvia during Men's Preliminary Round Group C Ice Hockey, Latvia vs United States, Feb. 12, 2026.

Jens van 't Wout of Team Netherlands and Long Sun of Team People's Republic of China stretch for the finish line during the final of the Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1000m at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games on Feb. 12, 2026.

Jacqueline Pfeifer of Germany reacts after her Women’s Skeleton run on Feb. 13, 2026.

Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert of Team Canada competes in the Women's Moguls Final 1 on day five of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 11, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Elizabeth Hosking of Team Canada warms up prior to the Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe Final on day six of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 12, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek of Czech Republic perform during the free dance at Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy on Feb. 11, 2026.

Gold medalist Andrea Voetter of Team Italy holds her gold medal after the medal ceremony for the Luge Doubles on day five of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on Feb. 11, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

A snowboarder warms up prior to the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Qualification on day five of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 11, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Germany's Coletta Rydzek (L) and fellow athletes compete in heat 5 of the women's cross country sprint classic quarterfinals event of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium in Lago di Tesero (Val di Fiemme), on Feb. 10, 2026.

USA's Jake Pates competes in the snowboard men's halfpipe final run 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on Feb. 13, 2026.

Sweden's Rasmus Wrana (L) and Sweden's Isabella Wranaa compete in the curling mixed doubles round robin gold medal game between Sweden and USA during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Feb. 10, 2026.

USA's forward #22 Tessa Janecke (L) and Canada's forward #40 Blayre Turnbull (R) prepare for a play during the women's preliminary round Group A Ice Hockey match between Canada and USA at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on Feb. 10, 2026.

Arianna Fontana of Team Italy poses for a photo with her gold medal and a face mask of herself after the medal ceremony for the Short Track Speed Skating Mixed Team Relay on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 10, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

Misaki Vaughan of Team Australia participates in Snowboard Halfpipe Training on day four of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 10, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

At the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Team USA players gather before the start of the women's preliminary round Group A Ice Hockey match between Switzerland and USA at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, on Feb. 9, 2026.

Dorothea Schwarz of Team Austria competes during Luge Women's Singles run two on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on Feb. 9, 2026, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. An infrared camera in combination with on-camera filter was used to create this image.

Mikael Kingsbury of Team Canada participates in freestyle skiing moguls training on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 9, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Hyesun Jung of Team Republic of Korea prepares prior to competing in the Women's Singles Run 1 on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on Feb. 9, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Nadezhda Morozova of Team Kazakhstan and Mei Han of Team People's Republic of China compete during Speed Skating Women's 1000m on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium on Feb. 9, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

Ilia Malinin of United States performs during the men's single free skating on Feb. 7, 2026 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Canada's Juliette Pelchat competes in the snowboard women's big air qualification run 1 at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in Livigno, on Feb/ 8, 2026.

Austria's Benjamin Karl competes in the snowboard men's parallel giant slalom elimination run at Livigno Snow Park during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in Livigno, on Feb. 8, 2026.

Jakara Anthony of Team Australia participates in Freestyle Skiing Moguls Training on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on Feb. 7, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Benjamin Karl of Austria celebrates winning the men's parallel giant slalom big final during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb 8, 2026.

Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic and Aurelie Moisan of Canada in action on Feb 8, 2026 during the Women's Parallel Giant Slalom Elimination Run in Livigno Snow Park, Livigno, Italy.

Yeongseok Jeong of South Korea and Harri Lill of Estonia during a match with Marie Kaldvee of Estonia and Seonyeong Kim of South Korea during the Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 10 - South Korea vs Estonia - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on Feb. 8, 2026.

Canada's Ted-Jan Bloemen warms-up before the start of the speed skating men's 5000m during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.

General view of the Men's Freestyle Slopestyle Qualification on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 7, 2026 in Livigno, Italy. "Layers of the Games" shows, through the combination of multiple images from a fixed camera, the quick fire drama that unfolds in a game or a day of competition during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Games.

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Sofiia Dovhal of Poland and Wiktor Kulesza of Poland in action during the Milano Cortina 2026 figure skating team event Feb. 6, 2026.

Michaela Hesova #1 of Team Czechia defends the net against Alina Muller #25 of Team Switzerland during the Women's Preliminary Round Group A match between Czechia and Switzerland on day zero of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 6, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

Models walk the runway wearing creation designed by Giorgio Armani during the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the San Siro stadium in Milan, northern Italy, on February 6, 2026.

Switzerland's Kim Gubser competes in the freestyle skiing men's freeski slopestyle qualification run 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on February 7, 2026.

Czech Republic players huddle before the Women's Preliminary Round match with Switzerland on Feb. 6, 2026.

China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong compete in the figure skating pair short program during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on February 6, 2026.

Lisa Eder of Team Austria in action during a Women's Normal Hill training session on day zero of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Predazzo Ski Jumping Stadium on February 6, 2026 in Val di Fiemme, Italy.

Jonathan Gustafson of Team United States competes in the Luge Men's Singles Run 2 on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Sliding Centre on February 07, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Anastassiya Gorodko of Team Kazakhstan participates in Freestyle Skiing Moguls Training on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Air Park on February 7, 2026 in Livigno, Italy.

Zachary Connelly of Canada during Biathlon Training at Anterselva Biathlon Arena in South Tyrol, Italy, Feb. 6, 2026.